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[–] [email protected] 26 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This saying is actually horseshit, though. The profit motive and infinite growth model of capitalism guarantees that even if you are paying for a product, your data and attention — everything that can be — will be monetized eventually.

The saying should be "if the service isn't open-source and E2E encrypted, you're the product"

[–] [email protected] -2 points 10 months ago

Nah I'd disagree. Infinite growth motive doesn't necessarily apply to private companies. To suggest there's unbridled greed present in every company is just a falsehood.